Window appliance



Aug. 24,1926. 1,596,9 1 N. FULTON WINDOW APPLIANCE Filed Feb. 15, 1926 N611 Fulton INVENTOR.

Wkfw I Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

warren STATES NELL FULTON, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

WINDOW APPLIANCE.

Application filed February 15, 1926. Serial No. 88,497.

My invention relates to window appliances for opening and closing windows. The object of my invention is the provision of a device which is adapted for either permanent or temporary attachment to a window, which is thus always available for opening or closing the window, which may be made in harmony and keeping with the room and its furnishings, and which may be made at a relatively low cost. Other objects will be mentioned and explained more fully in the following description.

Referring now to my drawings,

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a single window appliance and its connections.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the clamp of the kind shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the top portion of a window sash and showing a clamp ready to be placedin position.

Figure 3 shows a modification of the device which is to be secured to the window sash. I

Figure t is a perspective view of a por tion of a window sash showing a modified form of attachment.

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the parts shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 illustrates a form of hook for holding the window pole in place while not in use.

Figure 7 illustrates the use of a pair of my window appliances for opening a sliding window.

Figure 8 illustrates the use of the poles for closing a sliding window.

Figure 9 is an illustration showing the use of the window appliance on pivoted windows.

My window appliance includes a handle 10, a collar 11, a chain 12 and a connection 13 for securing a device to a window. The handle 10 may be made of any suitable material and in any desired length. It is preferably made of wood or metal and it may be stained and finished to match the woodwork of the room. The length will depend to some extent on the height of the window, being governed largely by the distance from the floor to the top of the upper sash and the height of the user. The handle 10 is somewhat reduced near its upper end to receive the collar 11. This collar is simply a metal lic strip which is folded around the reduced portion of the handle, and which has a pair of parallel projecting ears. A bolt or rivet is passed through both of the ears and through the end link of the chain 12 to secure the parts together. The chain12 may also be of any desirable length, but this will be determined largely by the length of the handle. Both the relative and the absolute lengths of the handle and chain will depend on the length of the handle required for closing the upper sash, and this factor varies with the window and with the in dividual.

At the upper end of the chain is a clamp 13 as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3. This clamp is U-shaped, having a projecting ear 1% with an aperture therein for receiving the end link of the chain 12. On the op' posite side of the clamp .is a thumb nut 15 passing through a washer 16 and terminating in a flattened end or disk 17. In use, the flattened end bears against the outer surface of the window sash. This clamp is made from a light gauge sheet metal and may be used for temporary attachment as in hotels by transient guests. While .at-

tached it does not permit the complete closing of the window because of the slight thickness of the metal, but it may, however, be attached for more permanent purposes as shown in Figure 3 by cutting a groove in the top sash to seat the clamp, and with this construction it is possible to completely close the window. It is also possible to remove the device whenever desired as when washing the windows or making repairs. When in a locality where the thickness of windows varies greatly and 1t is desired to supply the demand with a single pattern,

the form shown in Figure 3 will serve the purpose admirably. The device is stamped out of sheet metal and is provided with a portion which serves as a pin to hold it in place. In use, an aperture is formed in the window sill to accommodate the pin and the upper edge of the sill is grooved out to the aperture as shown in Figure 8". Some windows are, however, provided with grooves or projecting strips on their upper edges to make them wind proof. The clamp 13 could not be used with such windows and for this reason I have designed a modified form of connection for securing the device to the window. As shown in Figures 4 and 5 this comprises a metallic strip 18 having an apertured ear 19 and bolts 20 or the like for passing through the strip 18 and the window sash to hold the parts together.

In steel frame windows of either the sliding or pivoted type the metallic strip 21 may be riveted to the frame of the sash.

In use, either one or a pair of these devices may be attached to the window. In the case of smooth sliding windows a single window appliance will answer the purpose, but such a device is apt to slightly disfigure the appearance of the window if suspended in the middle. In such case, therefore, it is usually desirable to have a pair of the devices one at each side as shown in Figures 7 and 8, where they will be unobtrusive and where they will give the maximum leverage in the opening or closing of the window. F or opening the window it is simply necessary to pull down on the handles 10 as shown in Figure? lVhen closing the window the upper ends of the handles are caused to engage the under side. of the top strip of the upper sash and the handles are pushed upwardly. In the case of steel frame windows of the swinging type such as are common in factories, the oper ation of opening and closing is much the same as with sliding windows. In such windows the question of appearance is not so important as it is with windows in res.i dences and hotels and a single pole will usually suffice.

The chain 12 and the handle 10 hang at the side of the frame where they are inconspicuous since their finish is such as to match and harmonize with the woodwork and fur nishings of the room. W hen the window is open, however, the handle is apt to be blown about by the wind and for the purpose of preventing the swaying of the handle I have provided a hook 22 as shown in Figure 6- This hook is simply a screw threaded hook which is large enough to conveniently engage the handle 10.

My window appliance is designed to take the place of the ordinary window poles but to perform the function of the window poles much more efliciently. As a rule, the window pole is not to be found when it is needed, since it is not attached. The end of the ordinary window pole is adapted to be seated in a socket in the window sash, but if it is not seated firmly in the socket, the pole is apt to slip and break the glass in the window. My appliance is fixed in place and is: always available for either opening or closing the window, and because it is secured tothe window it is not necessary to fumble around to find the socket and there is no danger whatever of breaking the glass.

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact terms that its construction and utility will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters, Patent of the United States is:

1. A window appliance comprising a handle, a flexible element secured at one end to the handle, and fastening means on the other end of the flexible element for attachment to the sash of a window to draw the latter down by a pulling action on the handle and through said flexible element, said flexible element admitting adjustment of the end of the handle against different portions of the sash for raising the same upon an upward pressure of the handlethereagainst.

2. A window appliance comprising a tapering handle which is reduced adjacent its upper extremity, a U-shaped clamp surrounding said handle at the reduced portion thereof, said clamp having substantially parallel ears and a pin for securing said ears together, a chain having its lower end link engaging said pin, and a plate secured to the upper end link of the said chain, said plate being secured to the upper portion of the top sash of a window.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signa ture.

NELL FULTON. 

